United States Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen—who is tasked with securing the nation’s election system ahead of the 2018 midterm elections—on Tuesday said she hasn’t seen the 2017 Intelligence Community report on Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential race.

Nielsen was speaking to reporters on election security when she was asked about the January 2017 assessment, which concluded Russia interfered in the election to help Donald Trump and hurt former Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton.

"What we have seen the Russians do is an attempt to manipulate ... public confidence on both sides,” she said. “I do believe that Russian did try and will continue to try to manipulate on a whole variety of issues.”

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